Continent size comparison
compared to
South America is about 2.5 times smaller than Asia.
Asia is approximately 44,614,000 sq km, while South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, making South America 39.99% the size of Asia.
This to-scale comparison of
Asia
vs.
South America
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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